Birthday Time.

Lets start off with saying yesterday was my 20th birthday.

Now im not going to lie, i wasnt really looking forward to my birthday because non of my friends could really celebrate it with me. I actually would continue to forget it was coming until someone reminded me. I also had to work on my birthday and it wasnt bad, but i would have wanted to do somthing else.

but anyways. I get home from work and and both mom and dads side of the family grandparents are there to have my birthday dinner with me. We eat dinner, and then we get to the cake!!! For weeks now i have been requesting a coffee flavored cake (chocolate esprsso cake to be exact) well my dad found a recipe for a chocolate cake with coffee in it!! ANNNND THENNNN my mom bought me coffee ice cream!! It was SO good!!!

We then get to presents my moms parents got me a git card, and my dads parents gave me money.

I then have a present from my parents. Leta flash back a little...

FLASH BACKK: at Christmas my mom and dad got me a northface fleece and i was told i was not getting anything for my birthday because it cost a lot. I was totally ok with that because I love my fleece!!

FLASH FORWARD: i open this tiny present. and when i opend it there was a sock in it... i was like oh goodness there trying to be funny. but then i see that there is somthing inside the sock... it was a set of keys. At first i thought they had put my keys in the sock, nope. it was a diffrent set of keys to a diffrent car.

Aparently sence Aug. my parents have been planing on giving me his car. This car is my dads parents old car. They have been waiting for my car to die and give me this new one, but gave it to me early.

I am now a proud owner of a 2004 oldsmobile alero. Its silver =]

BEST BIRTHDAY IN A LONG TIME!!!

I have the best parents ever!!!

(not my car but looks like it)

Stuck in the snow

The title says it all. I'm here in south lyon house sitting for my aunt. South lyon is about an hour away from lansing.

MY whole goal this morning was to get up early let the dog out, feed him, and play with him, then proceed to class. Well I did all that and then it took a turn for the worse. i was backing out of the drive way, got almost all the way down when BAMMM! My car wasnt moving anymore, and i was stuck. I then tryed to still get out and i think i just made it worse.

I sit here in the nice warm house after an hour of trying to unstuck my car.. it may be a lost cause for now...

Stuck in the snow.. No where to go.

(not my car... and not anywhere as bad)

Craving some Baldwin

Baldwin. The place of no return.

Baldwin is a teeny tinny town in Michigan, about 30 mins away from Ludington. My grandparents have a little cottage house up there and allow me and my friends to go up there every once in a while. Baldwin also has the most amazing ice cream parlor called Jones's! Mmm Great ice cream awaits me.

I love going up there. It is the most peaceful place ever. In the summer, and winter.

I tend to go up there (mostly) in the summer with my friends by ourselves. We're crazy no matter where we are, but it seems to be when we are in Baldwin we are even more so crazy. It is never a dull moment when were up there.

The cabin is in the middle of no where. There is barley any service for cell phones, no internet, and sometimes no cable. It basically cuts you off from society, which is great once in a while. Getting reading done, or just some random thinking is always great! I love it there and i cannot wait for it to be a little warmer out to go again. (the last time we went in the winter, it was too much of an adventure so i'm going to still to warm weather time). An adventure up there is calling my name.

Craving a trip to Baldwin And of course some Jones's Ice Cream!

Piano Love

When asked the question "what is your favorite instrument?" My answer: "The Piano"

I have loved the piano my whole life. When i was younger i would beg and beg my parents to get my piano lessons, but they were always way too expensive. So i never learned as a child. However, I got tought a few things from my grandma. So i knew a little.

It wasnt until i was a Junior in High School when i finally got the honor of piano lessons. But when your older you dont have a much time to sit down and practice. So i sadly had to quit.

Today I was babysitting this GREAT Family. One of the kids has been taking piano lessons for a little while no and is becoming really good. I just sat and listened to him play. It was beautiful. It bought the biggest smile to my face.

Listening to someone play the piano is just so cool and peaceful. i am always in awe to watch anyone play. I give them MAJOR props for being able to. It isnt the easiest thing to play. and take a lot of patients to be able to stick with it. While listening to someone play i get lost in the moment. it is great. Oh might i add that the kid i was listening to play the piano is only in 4th grade. hes already amazing at it!!

I get lost when i listen to the piano, i call it piano love. And if i do say so myself, it is one of the best loves out there.

Lost in Piano Love.

Scariest thing Ever.

I have the best family in the world, the best friends in the world, i am a well off lady.

My parents tought me good values. They tought me how to work for things, rather than have everything handed to me. I can only thank them for everything they have given me.

My friends are always there for me. Sometimes we bicker, but who doesn't. i don't know what i would do without them. they are my rocks, my people, my second family.

With all this said, my family and friends help me with everything, but theres one thing that they cant help me with. I wish they could, but they cant. That one thing is my future. They might be able to guide me, and add in their opinion, but all in all its my decision, Which is the scariest thing in my life.

Being a sophomore in college and not knowing your future is not only unknown and stupid, but its scary. It is that one thing holding over me all the time. the pressure is on. It is not that i dont want to know what my future is, its that i dont want to screw it up. I worry constantly about it. and it makes me freak out more and more when i see everyone around me figuring their lives out. Its a burden that wont go away, not that it should, and continues to stress me out.

But hey, i found this quote (picture quote--shown below) that says: I know theres a place for me out there. I like to think that its true. I know its true, its hard to stay positive about it, but i take deep breath in and out and think about this quote. Then i remember, everyone has an unknown plan set for them...

Remember, Live in the moment

Learning process...

Over the past yearish i have been learning a few different things.

Friends:

The ones who truly love you, and care for you, are the ones who are bluntly honest with you. They are the ones who wont let you forget the stupid things you do, and are also the ones who are there to bail you out of trouble(figure of speech, don't worry i wasn't in jail). The real friends that you have will stick by you, even when your going through a phase where nothing is going right in your life. Those great true friends are the ones who get you out of the house when you need to most, and are there to listen to you when you are ready to talk. There are even the ones who may annoy the crap out of you, and make you tell them whats wrong, but in the end it is for the best and their the ones who knew that.

Everyone has this person in their life, whether it being a spouse, sibling or the girl who swooped in when you needed her the most. God put these people in our lives for a reason. We may not see it all the time, but deep down we know there here for a reason. =]

Family:

You love em' you hate em'. But there your family. You cannot take them back to the store. You cannot push them away. They are your flesh and bone. You have the same blood.

I have learned that my family drives me crazy. But really they are the ones who have never left my side. They don't push me away, i tend to do that. I have learned that family is the most important thing. I may yell, fight, and leave the house for a hours at a time, but all in all they are always there when i get home, stop yelling and fighting.

Lesson i learned from family: Don't push yourself away from them. They will alway be there.

God put the people in your life for a reason, you may not know why, but he sure does. So just go with it, see where he takes you... I know better said than done. (i have been working on that)

In Gods Love

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